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JOSIAH C. CARLISLE, OF ARMAGPL PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINERY FOR DRESSING CLGTH.

'Specification of Letters Patent No. 4,821, dated October 21', 1846.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH C. CARLISLE, of Armagh, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have inventcd a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Polishing and. Finishing Cloth, called Carlislers Double Polishing VCloth Finisher, whichl is described as follows, reference being had to the annexed drawings of the same making part of this specification.

Figure l is a vertical longitudinalE section of the machine drawn at the line m a: ofv Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top view or plan. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the hopper showing pulley 0 &c drawn on the dotted line 2', 2 of Fig. 21.

The nature of this improvement consists iin a certainl combination of cylinders, rollers &c by which the cloth after it has been subjected to the operation of the shearing machine is polished and finished by bei-ng subjected to the operation of a revolving emory cylinder for grindingl down the burls of the nap and to a moisteningfcylinder for moisteni-ng the nap with a com-position of water, isinglass, Jac., received from a hopper and; feeder, and to a cylinder brush for smoothing or laying the nap; and to a holflow revolving heatedy cylinder for pressing, smoothing, and polishing the cloth@ A represents the frame of this machine.y It is made of any suitable size, strength and material to contain and supportthe several` parts hereafter described'.

B' is the horizontal main iron shaft turning in suitable boxes in the middle uprights of the frame. C is a pulley on the right hand end of said shaft which receives the main band from the driving power. C2 is a loose pulley. D is a pulley on the left hand end of said shaft B, around which pulley a bandi E passes leading around a pulley F on a transverse iron shaft G carrying a large pulley H, around which passes a band I leading around a pulley J placed on the left end of a shaft K carrying a revolving cylinder L covered with emery for polishing the cloth as it passes under it in the manner represented in the drawing, the shaft of said cylinder turning in suitable boxes on the frame. A few inches in the rear of the emery cylinder is arranged a regulating cylinder N covered with cloth, whose shaft M turns in suitable boxes in the frame, on which shaft there is a cog wheel 0 geared with a pinion P on the left end of the main shaft B. A few inches in the rear of the regulating cyl-inder N; and directly under ythe water box U is arranged a moistening` cyl-inder R on a transverse horizontal shaft QL having on one of its extremities a pulley S connected to the main shaft by a band T 1 Fig. 3. Over this moistening or dampen-ing cylinder R' is placed a water boxV V shaped fin its cross vsection like a hollow inverted frustum of a pyramid being closed at its lower or smaller end by a cloth conductor g through which the water percolates to the surfaceof the moistening cylinder R said rclot-h acting as a conductor and moistener being regula-ted by screws s which pass through the sides of the box and cloth andlwhich. act on the sides of the box causing f .tops of two posts lV.

them to close toward each other and coml press the cloth. rlhis water box is supported by and between tworparallel rails V on the A horizontal transaround a pulley ZJ (represen-ted by dotted' lines) on the main shaft. At the rear end of ,the frame there is another horizontal' transverse cylindrical shaft c on which there is formed of wood or metal a hollow finishing cylinder al (which may be heated by hot air which pa-sses a strap f f on the sha-ft M of the regulating cylinder N. v

or steam introduced through a hollowl shaft) turned by a pulley e on` said shaft, around leading to a pulley g.

At the head end of the machine is ar-.

l ranged' a clamp spreading board l1, ft2 Inadein the form of a desk with a closing lid arranged at an angle of about 35 degrees with a horizontal plane. rlihe upper lid! 7L is coninected to the under board h2 byhinges h3.

@n the underside of the upper lid 7L when closed or shut downupon the und-er lid h2 as seen in t is arranged 18` or more oblique parallel wires bent at each end and inserted into each board so as to lay flat and in the following manner. Commencing on the bottom board h2 one-half inch from the center and inserting them 19,- inches apart those on the right of the center inclining in one direction and those on the left in an opposite direction as represented at l, 2, 3 L 5 6.

The wires in the upper clamp board h are of the same dimensions and of corresponding arrangement and are so placed upon it that they will be intermediate between each series of wires of the lower board when folded down upon it. It is fastened down by means of a staple and key at each end. In Fig. 2, the last named part of the clamp is representedas raised to a vertical position in order to insert the cloth7 or pass it between the two parts of the clamp. Vhen inserted the part 71, is brought down upon the part 71,2 and grips the cloth between them in the manner represented in Fig. l wherein the parts 7L z' areiin their required position when the machine is in operationthe holding key or wedge being inserted into the staple. The gripping of the cloth eXtends no farther than is sufficient to produce thatdegree of friction that is requisite to spread the cloth evenly as it is drawn through between the boards z, 71,2 the oblique parallel wires or ribs on the surfaces of the boards next each other inclining fromV the ycenter toward the sides being designed to spread the cloth each way or to the right and left from the center toward the sides by its friction against said oblique ribs as it is drawn through between the aforesaid obliquely placed wires.

Beneath the emery cylinder L the regulating cylinder N-the cylinder brush Y there are arranged pairs of small rollers for supi porting the cloth and for bringing it nearer to, or farther from, the aforesaid cylinders and brush. The pair of rollers 7c n nearest the front end of the machine have their gudgeons turning in an adjustable vibrating bar Z turning or moving on a bolt 2 at one end while the other end is raised or lowered by a screw m and nut m2. The middle pair of rollers o, 79 have their gudgeons turning in permanent bars of wood fastened to the insides of the top rails of the frame. The pair of rollers Q, r under the cylinder brush are also arranged with their gudgeons turning in adjustable bars of wood raised or lowered by screws applied at their ends for raising and lowering them while their other ends move on bolts inserted horizontally into the frame. To the periphery of the cyln inder CZ is fastened an apron u of linen about two yards long and as wide as the length of the cylinder. The cloth to be finished is attched, by one of its ends to this apron.

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being first placed upon a table. The machine is then in a position which draws the cloth through and between the clamps i1, h2, or spreading boards; it then passes over the two first named small rollers la, n, and under the emery cylinder L which can be made to bear harder, or lighter, as may be desired, by the screws m before mentioned bearing up or letting down the said rollers lc n thence over the small rollers o, p, and under the regulating cylinder N-and over the third pair of rollers g r and under the cylinder brush Y and moistening cylinder R having a moderate bearing thereto imparted by said small rollers and thence to the receiving cylinder d upon which it is wound-the cylinder L covered with emery performing the office of grinding down the burls of the nap and rendering them even and sharp ;and the regulating cylinder N, covered with cloth drawing the cloth for ward at a regular speed and preventing it from being wound upon the finishing cylinder in an irregular manner7 and the moistening cylinder R receiving the moistening substance from the box U through the cloth conductor W and conveying it to the outer surface of the nap of the cloth over which it is spread evenly; and the revolving brush laying the nap evenly and regularlywand the warm nishing cylinder Z imparting to the cloth a beautiful gloss, similar to that which is given to cloth by sponging and pressing it between hot plates.

Wrhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. The before described machine for polishing and finishing cloth-that is to say I claim the combination of the emery cylinder L, regulating cylinder N, moistening cylinder R, and cylinder brush Y and rollers 7c n 0 21 g r with their vibrating bars Z Z"2 and screws m and m3 for pressing the cloth against the above named cylinders and brush.

2. Likewise the water box as constructed with a cloth moistener between its lower edges and screws for pressing one side of the boX toward the other in combination with the moistening cylinder covered with cloth.

JSIAI-I C. CARLISLE. IVitnesses IVM. P. ELLIOT, A. E. H. JOHNSON. 

